Countries by domestic credit to the private sector
Hong Kong had the highest domestic credit to the private sector of 165 countries in 2021, at 259.2% of GDP. South Sudan had the lowest, at 2.8% of GDP. The median was 45.7% of GDP and the figure for the World was 141.9% of GDP. Source: the World Bank.
Top 40 countries, 2021
Full ranking
| Rank | Countries | 2021 | Change on 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hong Kong | 259.2 | +0.3 pts |
| 2 | Macao | 232.5 | -37.3 pts |
| 3 | United States | 219.1 | +1.9 pts |
| 4 | Japan | 188 | -1.5 pts |
| 5 | China | 173.6 | -5.5 pts |
| 6 | Thailand | 164.1 | +4 pts |
| 7 | South Korea | 159.9 | +5.2 pts |
| 8 | Switzerland | 159.1 | -8 pts |
| 9 | New Zealand | 155.7 | -3.6 pts |
| 10 | Denmark | 155.2 | -8.3 pts |
| 11 | Fiji | 139.2 | +9.1 pts |
| 12 | Australia | 138.3 | -3.4 pts |
| 13 | Sweden | 136.8 | -1.7 pts |
| 14 | United Kingdom | 136.2 | -9.4 pts |
| 15 | Norway | 132.8 | -24.5 pts |
| 16 | Malaysia | 127.3 | -6.6 pts |
| 17 | Vietnam | 124.3 | +8.8 pts |
| 18 | Qatar | 123.3 | -15.5 pts |
| 19 | Cambodia | 121.8 | +18.1 pts |
| 20 | France | 120.7 | -4.7 pts |
| 21 | Chile | 109.3 | -14.3 pts |
| 22 | Nepal | 103.7 | +15.2 pts |
| 23 | Luxembourg | 103 | -7.2 pts |
| 24 | Finland | 100.1 | -1.6 pts |
| 25 | Iceland | 99.5 | +1.1 pts |
| 26 | Portugal | 98.8 | -5.2 pts |
| 27 | Spain | 98.4 | -9.1 pts |
| 28 | Samoa | 94.9 | +7.9 pts |
| 29 | Netherlands | 93.9 | -6.5 pts |
| 30 | South Africa | 93.2 | -15.9 pts |
| 31 | Austria | 93.1 | 0 pts |
| 32 | Cyprus | 87.4 | -19.1 pts |
| 33 | Panama | 87.2 | -13 pts |
| 34 | Morocco | 86.1 | -4.9 pts |
| 35 | Mauritius | 85.4 | -5.1 pts |
| 36 | Germany | 82.7 | -1.1 pts |
| 37 | United Arab Emirates | 76.2 | -12.7 pts |
| 38 | Italy | 76 | -6.6 pts |
| 39 | Jordan | 74.8 | -1 pts |
| 40 | Belgium | 74.8 | -1.4 pts |
| 41 | Georgia | 72.9 | -6.2 pts |
| 42 | Türkiye | 71 | -4.3 pts |
| 43 | Israel | 69.2 | +1.3 pts |
| 44 | Namibia | 68.8 | -3.9 pts |
| 45 | Brazil | 68.8 | +0.1 pts |
| 46 | Barbados | 68.5 | -7.4 pts |
| 47 | Aruba | 68.4 | -14 pts |
| 48 | Malta | 68.4 | -6.7 pts |
| 49 | Oman | 68.2 | -8.4 pts |
| 50 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 68.2 | +6.7 pts |
| 51 | Honduras | 67.7 | -3.5 pts |
| 52 | Cape Verde | 67.6 | -0.9 pts |
| 53 | Slovakia | 65.1 | -0.5 pts |
| 54 | Bhutan | 64.9 | -2.7 pts |
| 55 | Tunisia | 64.7 | -3 pts |
| 56 | Saint Lucia | 62.9 | -14.5 pts |
| 57 | Bolivia | 62.8 | -5.1 pts |
| 58 | Armenia | 61.7 | -10.5 pts |
| 59 | El Salvador | 61.1 | -4.2 pts |
| 60 | Estonia | 59.3 | -3.2 pts |
| 61 | Grenada | 57.3 | -2.1 pts |
| 62 | Greece | 56.2 | -25.1 pts |
| 63 | Costa Rica | 56 | -3.7 pts |
| 64 | North Macedonia | 55.5 | -0.2 pts |
| 65 | Russia | 54.6 | -4.9 pts |
| 66 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 53.3 | -4.4 pts |
| 67 | Vanuatu | 53 | -0.9 pts |
| 68 | Croatia | 52.9 | -6.3 pts |
| 69 | Montenegro | 52.6 | -7.9 pts |
| 70 | Czechia | 52 | +0.1 pts |
| 71 | Jamaica | 50 | -2.3 pts |
| 72 | Philippines | 49.9 | -2.1 pts |
| 73 | Ecuador | 49.8 | +0.7 pts |
| 74 | Paraguay | 49.4 | -1.2 pts |
| 75 | Dominica | 49.4 | -1.4 pts |
| 76 | Bulgaria | 48.2 | -3.1 pts |
| 77 | Colombia | 47.9 | -4.1 pts |
| 78 | Belize | 47.6 | -7.5 pts |
| 79 | Mongolia | 47.5 | +1.7 pts |
| 80 | Palestine | 47.3 | -4.9 pts |
| 81 | Peru | 47.1 | -8.2 pts |
| 82 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 46.2 | -1.3 pts |
| 83 | Poland | 45.7 | -3.5 pts |
| 84 | Antigua and Barbuda | 45.4 | -8.3 pts |
| 85 | Serbia | 41.4 | -2 pts |
| 86 | Slovenia | 41.1 | -2.5 pts |
| 87 | Trinidad and Tobago | 40.8 | -5.7 pts |
| 88 | Maldives | 39.3 | -14 pts |
| 89 | Bangladesh | 39.1 | -0.1 pts |
| 90 | Hungary | 38.4 | +0.8 pts |
| 91 | Lithuania | 37.2 | +0.1 pts |
| 92 | Indonesia | 37 | -1.7 pts |
| 93 | India | 36.9 | -3.9 pts |
| 94 | Albania | 36.4 | -1.3 pts |
| 95 | Tonga | 36.4 | -1.4 pts |
| 96 | Brunei | 36.3 | -3.4 pts |
| 97 | Guatemala | 35.7 | -0.2 pts |
| 98 | Mexico | 35.1 | -1.9 pts |
| 99 | Botswana | 34.5 | -5.2 pts |
| 100 | Solomon Islands | 32.8 | +0.3 pts |
| 101 | Latvia | 32.5 | -2.3 pts |
| 102 | Kenya | 31.1 | -1 pts |
| 103 | Guyana | 30.8 | -8.3 pts |
| 104 | Uzbekistan | 30.5 | +0.1 pts |
| 105 | Senegal | 29.9 | +0.6 pts |
| 106 | Burkina Faso | 29.5 | +0.8 pts |
| 107 | Belarus | 29.2 | -3.3 pts |
| 108 | Moldova | 28.5 | -0.1 pts |
| 109 | Burundi | 28.5 | +8.8 pts |
| 110 | Egypt | 28.2 | +2.4 pts |
| 111 | Nicaragua | 28 | -1.8 pts |
| 112 | Dominican Republic | 27.8 | -2.9 pts |
| 113 | Uruguay | 26.7 | -1.2 pts |
| 114 | Romania | 26.5 | +0.6 pts |
| 115 | Ireland | 26.5 | -5.9 pts |
| 116 | Togo | 26.2 | -0.7 pts |
| 117 | Kazakhstan | 26 | +0.4 pts |
| 118 | Rwanda | 25 | +0.6 pts |
| 119 | Kyrgyzstan | 24.2 | -2.5 pts |
| 120 | Mali | 23.7 | +1.8 pts |
| 121 | Ukraine | 23.6 | -4.6 pts |
| 122 | Micronesia | 23.4 | -0.7 pts |
| 123 | Mozambique | 23 | -0.8 pts |
| 124 | Azerbaijan | 22.9 | -3.1 pts |
| 125 | Algeria | 22.7 | -3.5 pts |
| 126 | Lesotho | 22.3 | +0.4 pts |
| 127 | Côte d’Ivoire | 21 | +0.4 pts |
| 128 | Eswatini | 20.8 | -0.1 pts |
| 129 | Djibouti | 18.6 | -2.6 pts |
| 130 | Suriname | 18.1 | -6.1 pts |
| 131 | Madagascar | 17.9 | +1.4 pts |
| 132 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 17.7 | -2.2 pts |
| 133 | Papua New Guinea | 17.4 | -1.4 pts |
| 134 | Comoros | 16.1 | +1.1 pts |
| 135 | Benin | 15.6 | 0 pts |
| 136 | Pakistan | 15.3 | +0.3 pts |
| 137 | Uganda | 14.8 | +0.6 pts |
| 138 | Republic of the Congo | 13.9 | -1.7 pts |
| 139 | Guinea-Bissau | 13.3 | -0.3 pts |
| 140 | Argentina | 13.3 | -2.5 pts |
| 141 | Ghana | 13.1 | -0 pts |
| 142 | Niger | 13 | +1.2 pts |
| 143 | Tanzania | 13 | +0.5 pts |
| 144 | Liberia | 12.9 | -0.5 pts |
| 145 | Central African Republic | 11.8 | +0.1 pts |
| 146 | Zambia | 11.4 | -3.8 pts |
| 147 | Iraq | 11.2 | -2.1 pts |
| 148 | Libya | 11 | -10.8 pts |
| 149 | Equatorial Guinea | 10.5 | -2.4 pts |
| 150 | Tajikistan | 10.3 | -2.7 pts |
| 151 | Nigeria | 9.7 | +1 pts |
| 152 | Guinea | 9 | -1 pts |
| 153 | Gambia | 8.9 | +0.7 pts |
| 154 | Angola | 8.8 | -2.5 pts |
| 155 | Haiti | 8.4 | -0.2 pts |
| 156 | Timor-Leste | 8.4 | -5 pts |
| 157 | Chad | 8.3 | +1.1 pts |
| 158 | Malawi | 8.2 | +0.4 pts |
| 159 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 6.8 | -1 pts |
| 160 | Sudan | 6.6 | -1.3 pts |
| 161 | Zimbabwe | 4.8 | +1.1 pts |
| 162 | Kuwait | 4.7 | -1.3 pts |
| 163 | Sierra Leone | 4.2 | +0.6 pts |
| 164 | Somalia | 3.4 | +0.8 pts |
| 165 | South Sudan | 2.8 | +0.8 pts |
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About this ranking
Financial corporations' claims on the private sector, including loans, non-equity securities and trade credit, as a percentage of GDP. Some countries include credit to public enterprises.
Can include central banks, deposit banks and other financial corporations, so it is not a bank-loans-only measure. A published zero is valid. The latest year varies by country.
Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the countries are compared on one definition. 20 countries with data in other periods have no value for 2021 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.
How to cite
World Bank, World Development Indicators. Domestic credit to private sector (% of GDP) (FS.AST.PRVT.GD.ZS). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/FS.AST.PRVT.GD.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-12. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.Citation styles
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World Bank. (2026). Domestic credit to private sector (% of GDP) (FS.AST.PRVT.GD.ZS) (Countries by domestic credit to the private sector, 2021) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/FS.AST.PRVT.GD.ZS
MLA 9
Domestic credit to private sector (% of GDP) (FS.AST.PRVT.GD.ZS), Countries by domestic credit to the private sector, 2021. World Bank, 8 Oct. 2026, https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/FS.AST.PRVT.GD.ZS. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/domestic-credit-private-sector/countries?period=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.
Chicago (author-date)
World Bank. 2026. Domestic credit to private sector (% of GDP) (FS.AST.PRVT.GD.ZS). Countries by domestic credit to the private sector, 2021. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/FS.AST.PRVT.GD.ZS. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/domestic-credit-private-sector/countries?period=2021.
Harvard
World Bank (2026) Domestic credit to private sector (% of GDP) (FS.AST.PRVT.GD.ZS), Countries by domestic credit to the private sector, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/FS.AST.PRVT.GD.ZS, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/domestic-credit-private-sector/countries?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
BibTeX
@misc{world_countries_by_domestic_credit_2021,
author = {{World Bank}},
title = {{Domestic credit to private sector (\% of GDP) (FS.AST.PRVT.GD.ZS): Countries by domestic credit to the private sector, 2021}},
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Which country has the highest domestic credit to the private sector?
Hong Kong, with 259.2% of GDP in 2021, according to the World Bank.
Which country has the lowest domestic credit to the private sector?
South Sudan, with 2.8% of GDP in 2021.
Where does this ranking come from?
Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: World Bank, Domestic credit to private sector (% of GDP) (FS.AST.PRVT.GD.ZS). Retrieved 2026-10-12. 20 countries have no value for 2021 and are not ranked.